Great Influences In Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Great Influences The novel Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, is a story about a young boy, Pip, who is shown growing many ways throughout the novel. When the story first begins, Pip lives with his eldest sister (he is an orphan) and her husband, Joe. They are quite poor and live on the marshes. When he is asked to come play at the large house of Miss Havisham, he meets Estella, Miss Havisham’s haughty, beautiful, and cruel daughter, whom he falls in love with almost immediately, and who is the object of his infatuation throughout the novel. When writing a novel the author incorporates personal experiences and memories into their work. The most important influences for Charles Dickens were the feminine influences in his life. Lesser influences
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In 1824, when he was a child, Charles’ father got into financial trouble and was sent to Marshalsea Prison due to his debt. The rest of young Dickens’ family went to prison with his father, but he was sent to work at Warren’s Blacking Warehouse (nzr.mvnu.edu). This is similar to when Pip is sent to Miss Havisham’s in the hope of being paid by her or receiving some sort of financial aid in the future. Charles’ experiences with poverty greatly scarred him. Similarly, many of his works involve young men who live in poverty and fantasize or even obsess over becoming wealthy. As a young boy working in a factory with extremely long hours and rough working conditions, it is highly likely that Charles would have had the same fantasies as some of his characters do. To young boys in extreme poverty or rough working conditions like Pip, David Copperfield, or even Charles Dickens himself, having a wealthy and mysterious benefactor come and rescue them from poverty would be a commonly occurring daydream. Despite his more humble beginnings and his family’s financial struggles, Charles Dickens moves on from working in the factory to being formally educated, though briefly, and after a series of jobs becomes a successful and well-off writer. In Great Expectations, Pip is adopted by a mysterious benefactor and becomes a wealthy young gentleman. Both Charles and Pip rise from poverty to become wealthier, though Charles rescued himself while Pip was financially
In 1824, when he was a child, Charles’ father got into financial trouble and was sent to Marshalsea Prison due to his debt. The rest of young Dickens’ family went to prison with his father, but he was sent to work at Warren’s Blacking Warehouse (nzr.mvnu.edu). This is similar to when Pip is sent to Miss Havisham’s in the hope of being paid by her or receiving some sort of financial aid in the future. Charles’ experiences with poverty greatly scarred him. Similarly, many of his works involve young men who live in poverty and fantasize or even obsess over becoming wealthy. As a young boy working in a factory with extremely long hours and rough working conditions, it is highly likely that Charles would have had the same fantasies as some of his characters do. To young boys in extreme poverty or rough working conditions like Pip, David Copperfield, or even Charles Dickens himself, having a wealthy and mysterious benefactor come and rescue them from poverty would be a commonly occurring daydream. Despite his more humble beginnings and his family’s financial struggles, Charles Dickens moves on from working in the factory to being formally educated, though briefly, and after a series of jobs becomes a successful and well-off writer. In Great Expectations, Pip is adopted by a mysterious benefactor and becomes a wealthy young gentleman. Both Charles and Pip rise from poverty to become wealthier, though Charles rescued himself while Pip was financially